After Ding Ding left, Bai Congming lay in bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.
He actually believed Brother Ding would never lie to him. If he said he would be back in five days, it certainly wouldn't take more than six.
But he still felt a sense of loss.
And fear.
Bai Congming had always known he was different from other people.
Whether his mother had told him or he had read it in the strange looks others gave him, he simply knew.
What left him feeling even more helpless was that he didn't want to be different, yet had no idea what to do about it.
He had already tried so hard, learning to talk like others and do things like them, but it still didn't seem to be enough. No matter how he hid it, people could always see through his secret at a glance.
Perhaps it was precisely because he was a fool that his attempts to hide it were full of holes.
Work at the nursery was dull and monotonous. Not everyone would spend half their life working in one position like Auntie Zhou. Most people came and went, leaving nothing behind.
At first, Bai Congming would smile and greet everyone who came and went, just as he had on Hongfang Street.
Even when he got no response at all.
Occasionally, he encountered a little kindness, but it always vanished when those people left.
Only after his foolishness led him to be cheated did Bai Congming understand what his mother had meant.
"People's hearts are complicated. If you can't understand them, Little Bai, keep your distance."
"When you marry a wife someday, treat her well. But, Little Bai... being with a fool is hard. If she can't keep going, don't blame her."
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